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    1. It would be rare to have darkmeal down here


    2. "She really should have been down by now," Jorma said about Venna


    3. It was decades old and at least two years away, down in the Gengee somewhere


    4. He hadn't started it, and started back down past Ava, "I gotta do that, you know the house


    5. Soon Ava continued on up to the house and Venna came quickly down the remaining path


    6. Ava was back down by the time the last one was cool enough to hold


    7. When cold water did not come down, there was almost no winter at all


    8. Some of my friends bought a fabrication shop down in the Gengee, this is the best imitation of an antique ocean racer from our country that we can build


    9. " He had jumped down to the deck


    10. He followed Herndon down the tiny ladder

    11. Jorma was much more familiar with sail than power boats, but had wrestled these pumps into position on more than one big plantation down on Sinbara Point Flats


    12. Having sat down to consider the excellent fair on offer – dried


    13. The fact that there were a lot more eyes available made the price come down, but eye-time still wasn't without significant cost to the average plots-man like himself


    14. She went to the boat and soon emerged with a camp quilt, started down the beach


    15. ” Or you could use your journal to repetitively write down what it is that you want to believe


    16. calculates it, down to the very last detail


    17. The tool we created that will help you put the smack down on your goals is GoalTrax


    18. com you'll see that you can create a specific goal, by writing down specifically what you are going to do


    19. Children who are not motivated are down, depressed,


    20. The C in putting the smack down on your goals is committing

    21. It's a mean and harsh planet compared to this one when you get right down to it


    22. Gen: 15:17: And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a


    23. I unholster the revolver that he passed down to me when I moved out on my own


    24. He wound down and asked, "You can't be serious?"


    25. She was going to shower and comb out her hair, but he had been out in the lake and resting down at the beach for over an hour


    26. The shower had not been run recently, since before Ava and Herndon came down was his guess


    27. He was malnourished and his immune system was completely broken down by the disease


    28. There was still a good chance that her packet hadn't even left Sinbara and Jorma struggled up the path to the house and then down the street to the town side of north island


    29. "Venna left," Jorma told him, looking down at his cup and remembering that he hadn't been to that sex club since


    30. With that and his old place, he could buy a pretty nice place in town, a couple acres on the lagoon just a little ways down the point

    31. Cut down on tea, coffee and alcohol


    32. Jesus loves sinners, to a point He sat down and had a


    33. She ducked quickly out the door, her running footsteps danced down the path in haste, she was agile and in good condition


    34. Sam proceeded down the stone corridor to the sunlounge, where Tatania was dancing by herself with a gin in one hand, looking very pleased with herself


    35. He wondered where she was now, playing in the snows of Kugenzglaw? Or did she experience one winter and head right back down to her old place down Sinbara point? What if she'd come up to the Wild Catch last Nightday?


    36. Write down what you're told


    37. Mindless of his feet in the snow, he was drawn down the path to the edge of the bluff, drawn to where he could get the best possible view of the end of the world


    38. On her way back to Yorthops, Ava heard feet on the spiral staircase that lead down to the office levels


    39. Once across that court, they went down a shallow flight of steps into the canal-front building


    40. He became a zombie and the guards put him down quickly

    41. Isa: 55:10: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow


    42. Eating breakfast also stimulates the metabolism, which may slow down overnight


    43. "No, I mean the ones that came down


    44. "If that's the one that came down


    45. Cover up the entrance and pat down the soil


    46. Their bath was nearly a pool, one walked down steps into it


    47. But then they remembered that they were the Fourth Wall, and they backed down from nobody


    48. She reached down with each hand and clamped her fingers on Frank’s and Jim’s ears


    49. When the plane started rolling down the driveway, it lit up underneath the wing like some kind of science fiction hovercraft


    50. She came down the marble steps to the main floor of their home, eleven floors above the water














































    1. “In a minute, so dry, so hot, ‘scuse me please,” and he downed the water and asked for more


    2. But, as Tiffany’s father said as he downed another large brandy late one evening, “Now it’s that young perv’s turn to be pretty and vulnerable”


    3. James took the shot glass and downed it quickly, taking a deep breath he began; “Ten months ago we thought we had the drop on the nasty bastards that had been hitting us for months


    4. Omi downed the shutters of the shop


    5. Don't be alone at home,' Ish said as he downed the


    6. But, as Tiffany’s father said as he downed another large brandy


    7. spluttered something unintelligible, then downed the last of his pint


    8. De Plassan downed his ale in a single gulp and


    9. He downed almost a whole water skin during breakfast and had to fill up another before setting out


    10. the information had confirmed his suspicions, then downed

    11. She downed the remains of her cup, asked Knume for her eggs and handed over a plastic chip


    12. walked to the kitchen and downed two quick glasses of water


    13. He downed the rest of his drink then belched before pouring another


    14. Hogan shrugged and downed the rest of it and burped mightily


    15. He was none too keen on that, took his cup, downed some of the water, poured the rest out, and set off up the lane in search of something acceptable to put in it


    16. Janice downed the rum, lay back and, within minutes was asleep again


    17. "Here, here!" and Alfred downed the shot


    18. The workmen promptly downed their tools and left the


    19. Warlock quickly downed his first draft of the dark beer and a second was put in front of him


    20. ” Glen shrugged as he downed the first half of his cola

    21. She downed half of the bottle in a few gulps and smiled


    22. When he tried to recover, he bumped the foot of the man she had downed earlier


    23. He’d downed two painkillers earlier and was feeling a lot better


    24. She took the ale from his hand, downed half of it, then smiled as she handed it back to him


    25. He volunteered for the Israeli police in the forensic department and also participated in identifying victims of the downed El Al aircraft over Bulgaria in July 1955


    26. From the way his eyes moved independently of each other, I guessed he must have downed at least half the contents of Uncle Hobart's hip-flask


    27. Today"s offering included an off the rack lightweight charcoal gray suit, white button downed collar shirt and loosely knotted black and gray striped tie


    28. When his food came, Colling downed it quickly, and when he was done, asked the waiter to bring more coffee and another pastry


    29. If questioned, he intended to say he had purchased it from a downed British flyer


    30. Ethan laughed despite himself and downed the rest of his scotch

    31. Colling downed his drink, voiced a general goodbye to the tavern patrons, and walked back to the little hotel


    32. After I asked the question, Ian downed what remained in one large swallow and said, “I need a refill


    33. The attacker then walked to the bar, poured a shot of scotch and downed it in on pull, before dropping the shot glass in the backpack


    34. thought and she downed half the glass in a single gulp


    35. collective groan as the downed man, not the favorite of


    36. Wolf's eight man rescue team had been ambushed ten minutes earlier as they neared the site of the downed pilot


    37. On the second day their HF radios went out causing them to miss the scheduled contact times to learn where POWs or newly downed pilots might be hiding


    38. Bush and officials of the People"s Republic of China led to the release of the downed crew and the return of the aircraft


    39. The courage and danger to helicopter crews and rescue swimmers was well illustrated in January 1989, when the crew of an HH-65 chopper from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria (Oregon) set out over frigid waters and 20 foot waves to rescue a downed U


    40. The buoys were scheduled for maintenance over the winter months, as was the Sundew after a season of aiding mariners and a downed pilot in distress, collecting ecological samples, stocking fish, and icebreaking

    41. The Balsam crew rescued downed pilots and bomber crews in treacherous reefs and heavy surf and sea conditions (Morgan, “A Coast Guard Buoy Tender…,”


    42. Joshie ripped open the little envelope and downed the little pink pill, then the water chaser


    43. He sat back down after grabbing a bottle of water, then snapped a pill in half and downed it


    44. I had blended well with a downed branch in the middle of the field where we


    45. Over at the highway, the downed power lines began to dance


    46. He downed it in one swallow, chasing its burning path with water


    47. and downed it all at once, following it with some water


    48. The Burgomeister downed a hearty swig from his mug and smiled


    49. I downed my head and put me on the road in such a way that I only had to walk in one direction: forward and right


    50. They caught up with the others by the pool where everyone relaxed and downed more fruit juice, then the Chloe, Stephen, Zeno and Cador dressed and walked the two kilometres back along the track, leaving Jarek lounging in a deck chair wearing a slightly nervous grin













































    1. Investigations are being conducted into how and why so many people died in the prison and, despite demands for a response, Downing Street have yet to issue a statement


    2. Downing the beer in a couple of greedy gulps, he battled his way to the door and, once outside, sucked in the humid Nottingham air


    3. I sat in with well-known advertising legends like Dan Seymour, Henry Schachte, Ted Wilson, Don Armstrong, Paul Gerhold, Larry D’Aloise, Ed Robinson, Rud McKee, Allan Sacks, Nancy Stephenson, Bob Colwell, Harry Treleaven, Chip Meads, Ruth Downing, O’Neill Ryan, Jack Devine, Philip Mygatt, John Monsarrat, Stever Aubrey, and of course, Chairman of the Board Norman Strouse


    4. The men--boys, really--went wild at the prospect of downing a tall, cool glass of fresh milk made in the USA


    5. My refusal didn’t deter them from opening half a dozen bottles with their teeth and downing them in quick succession, laughing and joking at the expense of wogs, women and queers


    6. After downing their cut lunches with a cup of tea they held a whispered conference on the far side of the pool, facing away from the house


    7. Only by a steady hand & the downing of liquor


    8. After a while the conversation came to a natural break so they watched a replay of a Monday night game of basketball, downing a few beers during the game


    9. ’ he said downing the remaining half…’


    10. First he revelled in the annihilation of a community that legally doesn't exist, and second, with the downing of the helicopter he lost half of his air power

    11. After downing half of the glass’s contents he was able to slow down his breathing


    12. The feds needed a confession for the downing of the Morales Airlines


    13. Maria then fired her first shot in the still dark night, downing the Taliban fighter at the tail of the enemy column


    14. Why didn’t they contact Juanita, who was Donna’s doctor and knew her medical history, or even Terry Downing? Either one of them would have met you, but instead you cart her off to Barksdale where she sees someone that doesn’t know anything about her


    15. Liverpool To Downing Street by Cherie Blair relates exactly what leaders in government and their families have to face once they move into the halls of power


    16. ‘’Indeed! I was able to film this morning the downing of four Israeli F-15 fighter-bombers over Tehran by surface-to-air missiles


    17. For one thing, he didn’t want Donna to find out what they were doing behind her back, and another, he knew by talking to Terry Downing, Jared’s partner, eventually, Jared would find out


    18. Downing is with a patient and Dr


    19. 'I'm Downing, you're very punctual


    20. Downing was sat down opposite me, one foot in a slipper and the other bare

    21. 'Ah, on your Art education, is that it?' said Downing


    22. Downing waved his arms at the bookcase 'See these? These


    23. Downing sank into his chair


    24. In a show of marksmanship that left Kay Parker awed, the unseen sniper shot the Japanese one after the other, downing six soldiers in less than ten seconds


    25. Another shot rang out from close by, downing one of the Japanese


    26. After slipping the note back into its envelope that he delicately placed in a drawer as if the document were a coveted historical artifact, Feltus unfolded the first paper, making sure that he scanned even the front page, which contained only news about the war and a picture of Prime Minister Churchill outside of 10 Downing Street, for any signs of the clues to which Judge Burns had alluded


    27. Several members of the Opposition Party backbench are now suggesting improprieties reaching as high as 10 Downing Street


    28. A spokesperson for 10 Downing 289


    29. The Marine and Navy pilots still went after them, downing five more BETTYs, while the lone P-38 put on an air gunnery show and shot down two more bombers before running out of ammunition and turning around to return to Henderson Field


    30. We also think he may have had something to do with the downing of

    31. knows nothing of our ‘presumptions’ of the ’96 downing of ‘TWA 800’, or the possibility the


    32. There is still a controversy over the downing of TWA, Flight 800, in June, 1996


    33. Downing his fourth pint he goes:


    34. That missile also connected with its target, downing it, but by then the range had become too short to fire Julia’s third radar-guided missile


    35. That same day a U-2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba and it looked as though the conflict was about to come to a head, as Kennedy had previously determined an act such as the downing of the spy plane would lead him to order an attack


    36. Stopping and crouching for no more than two seconds, Dean fired a short aimed burst from his FN 90 bullpup carbine, downing two of the armed men on the yacht, then resumed his running towards Erik’s position


    37. The leader of the boat watched with growing admiration and glee as someone aboard the cargo ship fired anti-aircraft missiles at a fast rate, downing one heavy Israeli helicopter and no less than three of the redoubtable F-15 fighter-bombers in quick succession


    38. Thin, yellow beams of light then shot out of the flying ship, striking in quick succession the fleeing soldiers and downing them all in seconds


    39. Clenching his teeth, Xia fired a second time, downing one more guard


    40. At the same time, Koniev’s four troopers opened fire with their recoilless rifles, downing the other four terrorists in a hail of automatic fire before they could reply

    41. Return fire then came from another door opening twelve meters away, downing one of the male HSF operatives and making the female operative cry out in pain before she clutched her left forearm


    42. through the glass doors of the entrance and downing the two DHS agents that were


    43. Downing Street is one of the coldest streets in London, even in June


    44. “For Christ and the King!” The seven replied, downing their cups of wine afterwards


    45. Ononkapis fired back with his own musket, downing the nearest Iroquois warrior, who was now less than thirty meters behind Nancy


    46. “This is so good,” she said, downing the second half without even bothering to


    47. face and downing the whole thing in one tip


    48. Henry did it again, downing the whole thing in one giant


    49. There was brief pressure on the UK government, which was accused of forging the documents in an attempt to discredit the Zimbabwean authorities, until Downing Street pointed out that the Finance Minister and the Governor of the Reserve Bank had both been accused of leaking the documents, which therefore had to be genuine


    50. It was the Cabinet Secretary from Downing Street












































    1. The markets have seen lots of ups and downs, but history shows that over time the value of a well-diversified portfolio will increase


    2. Over a long period of a few years some share show a consistent growth, some show ups and downs around a mean value, some show a persistent fall in value and quite a few just vanish out of market or are quoted at a value which is not worth the cost of paper on which the share certificate is printed


    3. Some miles to the south of London, nestling in the gently rolling, green swathed hills of the Surrey Downs, there stands an old country manor house, which boasts the thickest of stone walls, a small but nonetheless impressive little tower and ornate white painted wooden gables


    4. Be Aware of Processing Ups and Downs


    5. emotional ups and downs from processing the release


    6. is released, but noticeable ups and downs occur about


    7. rolling, green swathed hills of the Surrey Downs, there stands an


    8. May Create Emotional Ups and Downs, 217


    9. downs and slopping out, any mention of his sort of crime meant a


    10. Rising up from behind a wall of sound, standing tall on ramparts of abuse, the comic spots the boy and goes for the obvious put downs

    11. Ted downs the last of his old drink and immediately takes up the new glass


    12. He downs the last of his scotch and places the glass firmly on the bar, ensuring that Alex has no option but to notice


    13. She was getting tired of listening to his put downs, “What is it Kit?" she asked directly


    14. I used to have a British flight instructor who talked about his stay at Corunna Downs secret WWII airbase near Marble Bar during the war


    15. “What about the Corunna Downs station? Won’t they know we are at the airbase?”


    16. “What and where is Carooo Downs?” Babs put his hands on his thighs thrusting his elbows forward


    17. They had a church where you could attend mass and then downs stairs they had like a recreation area for the students and again that's where I met most of my best friends many of whom were lifelong friends that I still stay in touch with today about almost 50 years later


    18. Rolling downs, hedges, apple trees


    19. all the ups and downs inherent in life


    20. In general, the up and down action of the elevator represents the ups and downs of your life

    21. Alternatively, the tides symbolize your emotional ups and downs


    22. Prior to our incarnation, we have all ‘signed up’ for the ups and downs that will feature in our present Earthly life


    23. following 190 years, the Hawes family, like most families in the early days of America, had been through many ups and downs,


    24. A complicated sequence of lefts, rights and even ups and downs that I had attempted


    25. The Ups and Downs of Golf Tournaments


    26. At about half the speed of sound the saucer ship glided over from the South Downs to the North Downs


    27. Was love always such a roller coaster of emotions? Sure, she and Josh had their share of ups and downs, but never like this


    28. This tactic worked for the first few sets of downs in which San Francisco went nowhere


    29. Atlanta came back and had a couple of first downs, but the drive stalled and they put San Francisco deep in their own end on the punt


    30. With two more first downs, Reilly found his third option in the pattern all alone when the defender fell down in a crossing route for a touchdown

    31. without downs & endings it wouldn't have been a complete


    32. She and Mike appeared to have their ups and downs, but apparently had built a tentative friendship as well as an enormous demand for bar supplies


    33. I have been fortunate to be born into a proper, old and wealthy family, but despite this, the first part of my life has been full of ups and downs and defined by countless struggles and a continued urge to fully understand the mind


    34. Maureen had not been trained as a teacher, but she had a Downs Syndrome son, plus massive energy, imagination and compassion


    35. Clearly, there had been ups and downs in our relationship with Mexico over the last one hundred and sixty years


    36. accumulate experience and experience, this kind of person with a positive optimistic over the ups and downs in life, on their appearance simply don't see the storm clouds bring their appearance


    37. Q: Ups and downs in sadhana are inevitable


    38. downs merely show that the teaching has not been taken to


    39. FOX NEWS,BBC ALL HAD COUNT DOWNS BUT AS


    40. You made it through all the ups and downs of pregnancy, the painful contractions and childbirth

    41. stopped the birth of all children with Downs in our country, but


    42. better than most Downs infants


    43. Business is cyclical with its ups and downs


    44. Wrestlers have unpredictable ups and downs and a champ today can be pinned on his back looking up at the lights tomorrow


    45. That was romantic; everyone says that a couple should always have its ups and downs sides and that a couple shout together stay together


    46. Every journey has its ups and downs


    47. The ups and downs and


    48. “There have been many emotional ups and downs, surprises and disappointments


    49. “Yes, but we have had so many ups and downs


    50. When all was settled between them, Nuke said, “Boy, I’m glad that’s over! What a relief! I was having a hard time following her through all those ups and downs, but I think she’s doing the right thing









































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    Synonyms for "down"

    down down feather pile john l. h. down fine-tune polish refine consume demolish devour go through belt down bolt down drink down kill pop pour down toss off cut down knock down pull down push down land shoot down blue depressed dispirited down in the mouth downcast downhearted gloomy grim low low-spirited down pat mastered downward downwardly downwards dejected discouraged disheartened fluffy feathers fluff fur hair wisp bring down fell conquer knock out tackle hit overthrow overpower vanquish defeat put down subdue upset overturn from higher to lower descending forward headlong below under underneath poor inferior lowly sad sick below par

    "down" definitions

    soft fine feathers


    (American football) a complete play to advance the football


    English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)


    (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil


    fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)


    drink down entirely


    eat up completely, as with great appetite


    bring down or defeat (an opponent)


    shoot at and force to come down


    cause to come or go down


    improve or perfect by pruning or polishing


    being or moving lower in position or less in some value


    extending or moving from a higher to a lower place


    becoming progressively lower


    being put out by a strikeout


    understood perfectly


    lower than previously


    shut


    not functioning (temporarily or permanently)


    filled with melancholy and despondency


    spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position


    away from a more central or a more northerly place


    paid in cash at time of purchase


    from an earlier time


    to a lower intensity


    in an inactive or inoperative state